Fw 190A-5 Eduard 1/72 "Ended"

[Ettore]

Hi All

There are too GB that I like: Great patriotic war, Fw 190, Airliner III, MTO...........its impossible to do all !

Anyway I'll try, after Great patriotic war I'll start this Fw 190 GB, is right opportunity to build new Eduard 1/72 kit; I've an A-8 profipack, an A-5 still profipack and an A8-R2 weekend.

I'll do the A5, but I I'm undecided for version: W.Novotny's plane or the machine of H.Graf ? the first have a simple camouflage but with one russian green used, the second is most colored as marking (red tulip)........I should like to know your opinion, are two nice versions, I am very attracted to the version of Nowotny, for to the right historical research on green,german and russian........

As you see, there are many aftermarket set, but I not used all....

Byeeeeee

Ettore

Edited August 21, 2016 by Ettore

[dazdot]

Ooh looking forward to this ettore haven't seen one of these yet

[smuts]

Nice

Andy

[Touvdal]

Looking forward to one of you super builds

cheers

jes

[Ettore]

Oh Thanks Jes !

I love more this airplane and I hope not to disappoint you

Next week I'll in holiday, two weeks, and for a number of various reasons I remain in town

I will devote myself to the modelling, fishing (trolley and spinning) and I'll try the new car on hills around Genova

Ettore

Edited July 18, 2016 by Ettore

[Ettore]

Hi All

The profipack Eduard's kit are complete and pleasant , but sometimes , we modelers, want to hurt us as masochists; I will try to replace the cockpit of the box with one of Brassin resin.
First I prepared the pieces:

Then, knowing my patience, after two hours I gave color, usually RLM 66, a bit 'lightened, soiled with sand near the pedals, and a washing line into the inside corners

By the way ! I chose the airplane of Walter Nowotny in Russia during 1943

Ettore

Edited July 24, 2016 by Ettore

[dazdot]

Looks lovely ettore that pit looks like 1/48th or bigger

[Kahunaminor]

Nice one,

I struggle at 48 scale, hats off to you to make 72 scale look that good!

Regards,

[Ettore]

I managed to close the fuselage, but

unexpectedly appeared a step which I quickly filled with Mr. Surfacer 1500

I used eduard's tool to give a right angle to the prop, note as resin spinner is smaller of plastic piece

Ettore

[Parabat]

That is odd that the Eduard Brassin spinner is smaller than the kit's one.

[Ettore]

A nice saturday to all !

I ended to mount wheel bay, then I closed wings and glued at fuselage, not was so easy, but not all kits are perfect

I have not spent much time on engine : alluminium, black washing, dry brushing dark grey al silver on vent; note the putty on the edge of the wings.

Another two pictures with a general vision

Today elbow grease to sanding

Regards

Ettore

Edited July 30, 2016 by Ettore

[dazdot]

Nice work ettore keep it up

[Ettore]

Good evening to All

Other small steps: the coloring of wheel bay

Almost complete the general forms of the kit, missing only the ailerons

and finally I replaced the plastic gun with other from hypodermic needles

And now, may be tomorrow, start of coloring

Ettore

[smuts]

Hi great build, these are superb kits

Andy

[Touvdal]

Very nice work Ettore

But i think that you have used the F wing no MG FF bulges, unless that you are building a F version

cheers

Jes

[Ettore]

Hi Jes !

First Thanks

In the notice is clearly indicated that the Nowotny airplane was without bulge (underside) and also in other publications (Jagdwaffe, Im focus, Airframe Album); in the box there are two wing and under sides are with and without bulge (under, for different armaments), here the notice Eduard: http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/70116.pdf

Ettore

[Ettore]

Hi All

With little scale I prefer, sometimes, to utilize two or three primers; in this case we have a medium grey for underside, light grey for both laterals of fuselages and a white for upperside

It is very important to smoothen surfaces, after half an hour of drying, with a cloth buckskin, even synthetic is okay.

The primers are blue for underside and black for upperside

Ettore

[Touvdal]

OK, your doing Nowotny's a/c, and he had the outbord canons removed, there are a exelent photo series in Luftwaffe im Focus no. 11 p. 22-27

cheers

Jes

Edited August 7, 2016 by Touvdal

[dazdot]

Nice work ettore

[Ettore]

Good Afternoon

The holidays are finish and tomorrow I return to work..................damn!

In these two weeks, however, I think I well have done someting in my kits;

Friday, Saturday and today I engaged only on a part of the camouflage. I started with yellow bands and RLM 76, lightness with a bit of Light grey.......I'll do an airplane very clean

The choice of the lighter of the two greens was more difficult, I do not think that profiles tell the truth, but I have read some articles, contrasting with each other, and decided as follows: the lighter green is a combination of an Olive green and a khaki green of Gunze aqueous.

Some small flou spots of RLM 75 are on the tail

Have you noted how the panels on the wings are clear in the middle? This is the white primer which discolors them automatically,

but with the darker green, RLM 70 Gunze, the effect will be less noticeable.

Bye bye

Ettore

[almac]

That is very nice work there Ettore. It's nice to see a different colour scheme.

Cheers Allan

[Ettore]

Thanks Allan

This afternoon I sprayed second green, a Gunze RLM 70

Now, coming soon, the great yellow band on fuselage and the camo will be completed.

Ettore

Edited August 7, 2016 by Ettore

[Arniec]

That is a great paint finish.

Cheers,

[almac]

I have to agree with Arnie that is a really nice paint job.

Cheers Allan

[Ettore]

Hi guys
Some other small step toward ending,

First, I made the big yellow stripe on the fuselage and the spiral of half of spinner,

this spinner is is half RLM 70 and the front half black with yellow spiral

Then I started and finished the detail of trucks

and finally one of the most beautiful step: the decals

Next time I hope to show you with paneling and matt varnish on surfaces

Take a nice evening

Ettore